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Myanmar update: An envoy --- you know, one of those guys --- has now estimated that the death toll in the country formally known as Burma from Cyclone Nargis could surpass 100,000.

A change is in the offing with our weather, as a frontal system approaches our area today and then decides to stall before leaving. The first burst of precipitation, the frontal-zone precip, should arrive early today and then depart quickly.

A gap between rainy periods is expected to develop this afternoon. We may even see some sun during this time, which is why the forecast high temperature for today is all the way up to 78.

But the real rain will arrive later today, becoming steady throughout Friday before finally ending Saturday morning. We could receive well over an inch of rain courtesy of this front stalled in our area.

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We wanted to address the arrival of noctilucent cloud season today, but see that we've run out of room. Check back tomorrow, when hopefully the subject won't get bumped again.

Yesterday's extreme temperatures in the contiguous United States --- High: 99 at Alice, Texas; Low: 24 at Grand Canyon, Ariz.